WINDTAMER MATTHEW CLARK WINS NEWLANDS TROPHY

By COLIN FARQUHARSON, Colin@scottishgolfview.com  Kilmacolm's Matthew Clark, runner-up in the recent Tennant Cup, got back on the winning trail to add to his collection of SGU Order Of Merit 72-hole tournament titles by winning the Newlands Trophy at Lanark Golf Club over the weekend. Clark, who had set the first-round pace with a 66 before losing the halfway lead bu a stroke to Stewart Henderson (Hamilton) and Michael Daily (Erskine) on 136, showed his class in Sunday's very windy conditions to forge clear of the field, first with a three-under 67 to go four clear and then a clinching 72 for a four-under-par total of 276. He won by three shots from former Scottish youths champion and past Palmer Cup student international player Scott Borrowman (Dollar). Borrowman maintained his recent good form with closng rounds of 71 and 70 - good scoring in the conditions - for 279. Scott Crichton (Aberdour) and Paul Shields (Kirkhill) tied for third place on 282, both men losing ground on the leaders with 74 apiece in their final rounds. Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe), bidding to  complete a hat-trick of wins in this tournament, missed the halfway cut, as did Fraser McKenna (Balmore), one of the leading performers on the domestic circuit this season. James Ross (Royal Burgess), winner of the previous weekend's Sutherland Chalice 72-holer at Dumfries and Galloway, was disqualified in the first round under a rarely-used rule ... looking for a lost ball for more than five minutes.   NEWLANDS TROPHY Lanark Golf Club LEADING FINAL TOTALS Par 280 (4x70) CSS 72 72 74 75 276 Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 66 71 67 72.  279 Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 68 70 71 70. 282 Scott Crichton (Aberdour) 68 71 69 74, Paul Shields (Kirkhill) 72 66 70 74 283 Stewart Henderson (Hamilton) 69 67 74 73 284 Paul Ferrier (Baberton) 69 68 74 73 289 Fraser Moore (Glenbervie) 72 72 72 73. 290 David Wilson (Troon Welbeck) 75 69 75 71, Daniel Thompsett (Aboyne) 73 69 74 74, Graham Gordon (Newmachar) 70 70 76 74, Alan Sutherland (Ladybank) 69 69 77 75, Michael Daily (Erskine) 69 67 72 82. 293 Kyle McClung (Wigtownshire Co) 75 69 75 74, Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) 69 72 77 75, James White (Lundin) 70 68 79 76, James Hendrick (Pollok) 68 72 74 79. 294 Craig Ross (Kirkhill) 72 77 71 74, Ross Bell (Downfield) 74 71 74 75. 295 Eamon Bradley (Mount Ellon) 73 73 79 70. 296 Conor O'Neil (Pollok) 69 76 75 76. 298  Oliver Roberts (Hong Kong) 74 72 79 73, Steven Maxwell (Windyhill) 77 72 75 74.  299 Jamie Lamb (Lanark) 75 71 77 76, Charlie MacNeal (Troon Welbeck)  74 72 74 79. 300 Simon Lockhart (Bathgate) 76 73 78 73, Richard Docherty (Bearsden) 71 73 83 73. 301 Stuart Robin (Prestwick St Nicholas) 71 73 80 77, Michael Bacigalupo (Longniddry) 71 75 74 81. 302 Steven Smith (Marriott Dalmahoy 75 72 80 75, Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) 75 68 79 80. 303 Scott Gibson (Southerness) 75 74 76 78, Scott Larkin (Royal Aberdeen) 75 70 79 79, wen Donaldson (Craigielaw) 76 73 74 80. 304 Mark Dickson (Mortonhall) 76 71 75 82. 305 Kevin Prentice (Lanark) 74 68 83 80, Michael Smyth (Royal Troon) 77 70 77 81. 306 Chris Wood (North Berwick) 74 74 83 75, Liam Johnston (Dumfries and Co) 71 74 76 85. 307 Colin Baird (Bothwell Castle) 77 72  82 76 309  Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 78 71 81 79 311  Ben Renfrew (The Wynyard) 71 78 78 84.